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In court, the issue of accountability for a hundred million dollars, spent during the fiscal year 2012 and 2013, was raised before the Financial Secretary. According to PAC Chairman, Julius Espat, that figure had also been flagged previously by Auditor General Dorothy Bradley in her Audit Report for that period in question. Julius Espat, […]
Written on November 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Work for a twenty-seven-mile stretch of road linking Corozal Town to Sarteneja started last week following the inauguration of the fifty-million-U.S.-dollar project. The major infrastructure project is being funded by the government of Taiwan through a loan to the government. While the Area Representative Florencio Marin Junior was not at the launch last week, there […]
Written on November 20, 2019 | Posted in
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The government’s Land Amnesty Programme has been extended by a month and three weeks. The programme was originally conceived as a six-month initiate, but a statutory instrument, which was gazetted on October twenty-sixth and signed by the Ministry of Lands, Hugo Patt pushes the deadline to June first. A twenty-five percent discount is being offered for […]
Written on November 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Hugo Patt is aspiring to be the first deputy leader for the United Democratic Party. He is part John Saldivar’s slate who vying to be party leader and with Beverly Williams who wants to be the party’s second deputy leader. The decision will fall on five hundred and sixty delegates and according to Patt; he […]
Written on November 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Former Lake I U.D.P area representative Mark King on Thursday let loose questioning the quality of candidates running for high posts in the in the U.D.P. King was highly critical and says that the party has to make some changes to its recruitment process. King himself had offered to run for party chairman but his […]
Written on November 15, 2019 | Posted in
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This morning in Corozal District, six area representatives, including Gaspar Vega and Minister of National Security John Saldivar, were on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony to commence work on the Corozal/Sarteneja Road. We will have more on that event elsewhere in the newscast. While at the event, we took the liberty to follow up with […]
Written on November 14, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Hugo Patt Says His Candidacy Comes From Much Deliberations
Hugo Patt’s entry into the race to fill the available posts is wholly endorsed by cabinet colleague Pablo Marin, who is also an area representative in Corozal Bay. Marin was one of over twenty area representatives and standard bearers present at John Saldivar’s campaign launch on November third. According to the Minister of Health, his […]
Written on November 14, 2019 | Posted in
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DPM Patrick Faber was also asked about Music Ambassador Shyne Barrow who was notably absent from the Garifuna Collective Award ceremony today. It is known that DPM Patrick Faber and the Mesopotamia standard bearer have not been seeing eye-to-eye; in fact, the prime minister’s son has gone on record to throw his support behind Belmopan […]
Written on November 14, 2019 | Posted in
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There is more on the leadership race of the U.D.P., when we caught up with Mark King today in Belmopan, we asked him about his thoughts on the leadership race. According to King, he is neither here nor there when it comes to the two candidates and he would support whoever wins but he believes […]
Written on November 14, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Mark King Gives his Take on U.D.P. Leadership Race
And while Mark King thinks it is too early to tell who will win that race, he says he has a problem with the quality of the candidates that the U.D.P has fielded. According to King, the party needs a lot of shaking up because several persons running don’t make for the honourable title. Here’s […]
Written on November 14, 2019 | Posted in
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The leadership convention for the United Democratic Party has been set for February ninth, 2020 when as you know, Patrick Faber and John Saldivar will go head to head in a race to replace outgoing leader Dean Barrow. Over the past two weeks, both Saldivar and Faber launched their leadership campaigns, each claiming to have […]
Written on November 12, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Tracy Panton Still Undecided on Who to Support for Leadership Convention
Panton was the first to have announced her bid for the first deputy leadership of the U.D.P.; Manuel Heredia Junior is also running for second deputy leader. Panton says she has national appeal as a woman on the ticket, but that all candidates are strong. Tracy Panton, U.D.P. Area Representative, Albert Division “One of […]
Written on November 12, 2019 | Posted in
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Both Faber and Saldivar have taken to social media to bolster their candidacy. Faber for some time was seen as the person being groomed to be the next leader of the U.D.P., but now Saldivar is claimed to have the support of twenty-three standard bearers, including the son and sister of Party Leader Dean Barrow. […]
Written on November 12, 2019 | Posted in
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Minister Tracy Panton also responded to a question about former cabinet minister Gaspar Vega. As we’ve reported, while Vega resigned as a member of cabinet in 2017 due to a land scandal that involved his son, Andre Vega, the former deputy prime minister still enjoys significant ministerial perks. He is receiving roughly fifty thousand dollars […]
Written on November 12, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Tracy Panton Says Gapi is Entitled to Privileges
In political news, two weeks ago, the U.D.P.’s Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar brought out thousands of supporters, including many of his political colleagues, for the launch of his leadership campaign. Saldivar is going up against the Deputy Party Leader Patrick Faber whose campaign launch did not match Saldivar’s numbers. But Faber is not fazed […]
Written on November 11, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on #It’sAllAboutTheBase – Patrick Faber Targets Delegates
As we reported on Friday, Former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega continues to enjoy ministerial benefits, despite his resignation amid a land scandal involving his son, Andre, back in 2017. As an elected member of the House of Representatives, Vega’s annual take home pay is said to be thirty-seven thousand, eight hundred dollars annually. With […]
Written on November 11, 2019 | Posted in
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Belize has been removed from the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions following a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union which was held in Brussels today. The change came after the recent amendment to International Business Act as well as the promulgation of the Economic Substance Act of October. The government […]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in
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The ruling United Democratic Party is gearing up to select its new leader and the process is causing a major rift within the party. Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar is going up against the Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber. Faber launched his campaign in September with support from members of the party’s central executive and […]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Get Your Popcorn and Enjoy the Show, says Opposition Leader
Orange Walk North Area Representative Gaspar Vega continues to enjoy all allowances made available to him by the Government of Belize, despite no longer being assigned a portfolio. Since he was stripped of his ministerial responsibilities, amid a land scandal involving his son back in 2016, Vega maintains twenty-four hour police presence at his Clark […]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Gapi Still Reaping Ministerial Benefits Two Years After Resigning
Opposition Leader John Briceño has also commented on the re-emergence of Gaspar Vega, his political opponent in the north. Vega appeared on Sunday in support of John Saldivar at Saldivar’s launch for the bid to the U.D.P. leadership. As we said there is speculation that Vega might be making a comeback and Briceño says he […]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on John Briceño Wants Gaspar Vega to Return to Electoral Politics
After public outrage peaked, the Cabinet Secretary, Carlos Perdomo, on October-thirty first announced that the forty-thousand dollars debt owed by Joshua Perdomo, his son, had been paid. This is after the government wrote off the loan, citing that Perdomo could not be located. Perdomo was to return to Belize after his study leave, but did […]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in
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And since the government was quick to write off the Joshua Perdomo loan, the People’s United Party is calling on the Barrow Administration to do the same for hundreds of financially challenged students. The P.U.P. points to the recent statement from the University of Belize where a hundred students are at risk of being de-registered. […]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on John Briceño Calls on U.D.P. Government to Write Off Student Loans
On October twenty-sixth, a statutory instrument signed by Minister of Natural Resources, Hugo Patt was gazetted. Through that S.I., the government extended the most recent land tax amnesty. The amnesty gave landowners who owe land taxes time to settle their debts beginning December first. The S.I. extends the deadline to June first instead of April seventh, […]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Take Back Lands in Place of Taxes Owed, Says Opposition Leader
Every Thursday, for the past year, Belize City youths have been converging at a community basketball court in Belama Phase Two for the Ball is Life tournament. The tournament, however, was suspended on Thursday night after a player realized that the basketball rim and backboard had disappeared. The rims and boards were removed by the […]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in
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The P.U.P.’s release titled “We need write-off Mister PM;” is in obvious reference to the loan write off to the son of the Cabinet secretary. The release states that the government, and the Minister of Education continue to trumpet the critical importance of education, yet they are prepared to remove access to education from these […]
Written on November 7, 2019 | Posted in
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